Rafael stared back at me, his features hardening. “I don’t mind if that is what Amber wants. Though I would ask you, Alpha Julian, to remember whose pack you are now in, and whose help you requested only this morning.”
“That help does not require separating me from what’s mine,” I growled, unable to stop myself. “In fact, it requires the opposite of that.”
Rafael pitched his voice lower. “You would do well not to growl at me in my own pack lands, Julian. I have been tolerant of your clear dislike, but I will draw the line at disrespect.”
“I am only protecting what belongs to me.”
“Does Amber know you view her as her property?” Rafael asked. “Does she agree to that?”
“I certainly do not,” said Amber, as she climbed back out of the car. She pushed on my chest again, but I wouldn’t let h
